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  • William H. McNeill, Professor and Prolific Author, Dies at 98

    • William H. McNeill

    William H. McNeill (1917—2016) was emeritus professor of history at the University of Chicago. He is best known for The Rise of the West which won the National Book Award for history and biography in 1963.

    William H. McNeill

    William H. McNeill (1917—2016) was emeritus professor of history at the University of Chicago. He is best known for The Rise of the West which won the National Book Award for history and biography in 1963.

    Books by William H. McNeill

    • The Human Web: A Bird's-Eye View of World History

      J. R. McNeill, William H. McNeill

      Paperback, 2004

      Why did the first civilizations emerge when and where they did? How did Islam become a unifying force in the world of its birth? What enabled the West to project its goods and power around the...

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